nafn

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse nafn, from Proto-Germanic *namô, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /napn/
    Rhymes: -apn

Noun

nafn n (genitive singular nafns, nominative plural nöfn)

  1. a name

Declension
declension of nafn
n-s singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative nafn nafnið nöfn nöfnin
accusative nafn nafnið nöfn nöfnin
dative nafni nafninu nöfnum nöfnunum
genitive nafns nafnsins nafna nafnanna

Derived terms

Old Norse

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *namô (“name”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ (“name”). Cognate with Old English nama, noma, Old Frisian noma, Old Saxon namo, Old Dutch namo, Old High German namo, Gothic 𐌽𐌰𐌼𐍉 (namō).

Noun

nafn n (genitive nafns, plural nǫfn)

  1. name, title
    konungs nafn
    the title of king
    (literally, “king’s name”)

Declension
  Declension of nafn (strong a-stem)
neuter singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative nafn nafnit nǫfn nǫfnin
accusative nafn nafnit nǫfn nǫfnin
dative nafni nafninu nǫfnum nǫfnunum
genitive nafns nafnsins nafna nafnanna

Descendants
  • Icelandic: nafn
  • Faroese: navn
  • Norn: namn
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: nabn, namn
  • Old Swedish: nampn
  • Old Danish: nafn, nauæn
  • Gutnish: namn

References
  • “nafn”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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